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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Vice President Dick Cheney addresses the audience during the retirement ceremony for Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Edmund Giambastiani in Annapolis, Md., July 27, 2007. Cheney thanked Giambastiani for his many years of selfless devotion to his country.

Vice President Dick Cheney addresses the audience during the retirement ceremony for Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Edmund Giambastiani in Annapolis, Md., July 27, 2007. Cheney thanked Giambastiani for his many years of selfless devotion to his country.

Vice President Dick Cheney addresses the audience during the retirement ceremony for Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Edmund Giambastiani in Annapolis, Md., July 27, 2007. Cheney thanked Giambastiani for his many years of selfless devotion to his country.

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